LAKE VICTORIA BASIN

Urbanization trends

Lira

UGANDA

Lake Victoria basin

KENYA

Major settlements Population

Population density Habitants per km 2

7 000 000

More than 2 000

Mbale

Kitale

500 - 2 000

Eldoret

2 000 000

Jinja

500 000 40 000

Kakamega

Kisumu

Nakuru

Kampala

2030 (projection) 2015 (or most recent census available) 2000

Mbarara

Lake Victoria

D.R. CONGO

Nairobi

Musoma

RWANDA

Bukoba

Ruhengeri

Kigali

Kibuye Gitarama

Kibungo

Mwanza

Butare

Ngozi

Arusha

BURUNDI

Gitega

Bujumbura

TANZANIA

100 km

Sources: S. Waithaka eet al., 2013, “East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprenhensive Analysis”, International Food Policy Research Institute ; UN, 2015, “World Urbanization Prospects. The 2014 Revision”, United Nations Population Division.

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Figure 3.2: Major urban settlements around Lake Victoria Basin

Eldoret, Kenya

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